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West Bank group works to connect with immigrants
The Cedar-Riverside neighborhood has been a home to immigrants since waves of Scandanavians first arrived in the late 19th Century. Today, cultural diversity is still a hallmark, with Somalis, Koreans, Oromos and Vietnamese, among others, making up much of the population. MORE »
In Eagan plant, workers glimpse future of Bush immigration policy
One after another, former Best Brands employees took the podium at Holy Trinity Church in Minneapolis, speaking out about what happened on Sept. 10. On that Monday morning, management at the Eagan-based manufacturer and nationwide distributor of commercial baking products pulled between 80 and 100 Latino workers off the job and into one-on-one meetings. There, workers learned they were being fired as a result of “irregularities” in their employment documents. MORE »
Minnesota immigrants climbing educational, economic ladder
As a new, unskilled immigrant from Congo, Kathy Komba was told that the only job she could do is to clean office buildings overnight. A friend of a friend hired her as a janitor in Minneapolis. MORE »
Proposed green card recall would affect long-time permanent residents
Imagine the road rage that would occur if the Department of Motor Vehicles was to suddenly declare almost two million driver’s licenses invalid, giving drivers 120 days to turn them in, submit to a background check, and purchase their updated licenses for $370. This is the proposal that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is putting into effect for legal immigrants who have lived in the United States for 18 to 30 years. The proposed rule would invalidate their main form of identification, the permanent resident I-551 form, commonly referred to as a “green card.” A 30-day public comment period on the proposed rule change ended September 21. MORE »


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